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Hello, I am in the process of completing an arts & crafts table made of QSWO. I have already decided I would like to ammonia-fume the piece, and it's the first time I have attempted this process. (I have procured some higher strength ammonia from a blueprint supply house, and have invested in...

I have been given a number of logs from a pear tree. Two questions for my fellow Lumberjocks: FIRST QUESTION: I was hoping to make some mallets for use with wood chisels but am not sure if the wood is hard enough for this application. Your thoughts? SECOND QUESTION: Assuming I roughcut the...

Yesterday I tried fuming a white oak mission-style clock using 10% ammonia for seven hours. I like the color after the initial greenish- grey brown mellowed overnight, with the green cast almost gone. A question I haven't seen addressed with fuming is how long I should wait after removing the...

I was talking to a work associate, who also does woodworking, and I brought up how I am planning on fuming the face frames, doors, and drawer fronts for my kitchen cabinet project. He told me how someone he knew found fingerprints in the finish of his fuming after the process. This threw me for...

I'm building a dining room table out of Cherry and am experimenting with finishes. The long skinny piece of wood in the pictures is finished the potassium dichromate. The rest of the pieces were fumed with ammonia for varying lengths of time. Each piece has several coats of arm-r-seal on top...